Waffle plate



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WAFFLE PLATE Filed Dec. 4, 1947 Fig. I

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- BY WJ Q Patented July 5, 1949 WAFFLE PLATE Anstrice L. Wade, Hartford,Ala., assignor of ten per cent to Rhett L. Williamson, Hartford, Ala.

Application December 4, 1947, Serial No. 789,639

1 Claim.

The present invention relates to home, restaurant and similar servingplates and has reference, in particular, to one Whose features are suchthat it functions as an ideal utility plate for convenient serving ofwafiles, griddle cakes and the like.

Briefly, the invention comprises a central dished portion, whichconstitutes a receiver and holder for the hot cakes or wafiles as thecase may be, and a surrounding and outstanding rim portion, the latterbeing characterized by a plurality of separate and individual pockets orreceptacles for butter, jelly or marmalades, and special trimmings suchas strips of bacon, fried tomatoes, fried apples or whatever else isdeemed to be appropriately fitting.

The obvious object of the invention is to provide a simple and practicalplate having the aforementioned features and expressly adapted tofulfill the essential requirements of a plate in this category ofinvention.

Other objects and advantages will become more readily apparent from thefollowing description and the accompanying illustrative drawings.

In the drawings, wherein like numerals are employed to designate likeparts throughout the views:

Figure 1 is a top plan view of a special purpose waille or equivalentplate constructed in accordance with the principles of the presentinvention.

Figure 2 is a section on the line 2- -2 of Figure 1, looking in thedirection of the arrows.

Figure 3 is a fragmentary section on the line 33 of Figure 1, alsolooking in the direction of the arrows.

Referring now to the drawings b distinguishing reference numerals, it isto be stated that the plate is of any appropriate material, from whichrestaurant, home and equivalent table-type plates are popularly made. Iam interested in the physical characteristics and coordinated layout ofsame, and therefore, interested in a plate of suitable proportions andmaterial which is characterized by a shallow dished portion 5, whichconstitutes the plate proper. This is here shown as circular in top planView and has a raised bottom with a supporting lip G therebeneath. Therim, which is elevated above the dish proper is annular and is denotedby the numeral I. It has around its outer perimeter or peripheral edgean endless upstanding head 8. At diametrically pposite points, it isprovided with radial ribs 9-9 and Ill-l0 which, in conjunction withintegral semi-circular inner marginal beads II and 12, define a seriesof receptacles or pockets. For exampie, segmental pockets l3 and M arethus provided on opposite sides in Figure 1, and intervening smallerpockets I5 and I6 are also provided. The pockets l5 and I6 have notchesl1 and I8 providing outlets, these outlets serving as drains andcommunicating with the main dish or plate 5. Incidentally, these notchesmay be important factors, in that they allow melted butter which isplaced in either one ofthe pockets [5 or IE to drip or run into the mainplate, and where jelly of proper fluidity is placed in the other pocket,it, too, may flow into the main plate. Where liquid syrup is employed,it will easily flow from the pocket through the notch and into the maindish to be absorbed by and partly coat and flavor the waflles orpancakes, as the case may be.

Needless to say, I am aware that in different sections of the country,practices in reference to serving waflles and hot cakes vary. It isbelieved, however, that the plate herein shown and described will beappealing and novel as well as practical since the main dish or plate 5will serve to accommodate a complete serving of wafiles, or a stack ofgriddle cakes or pancakes. In addition, one pocket I5 will serve well tohandle jelly, marmalade, syrup or the like and another pocket, thepocket l6 for example, will be convenient for holding and serving cubesof butter. The largest segmental or sector-shaped pockets l3 and I4 maybe used in any manner desired for accompanying strips of bacon, friedapples, or fried slices of tomatoes, as the case may be.

A careful consideration of the foregoing description in conjunction withthe invention as illustrated in the drawings will enable the reader toobtain a clear understanding and impression of the alleged features ofmerit and novelty sufficient to clarify the construction of theinvention as hereinafter claimed.

Minor changes in shape, size, materials and rearrangement of parts maybe resorted to in actual practice so long as no departure is made fromthe invention as claimed.

Having described the claimed as new is:

A wafile plate of the class described comprising a central circulardished portion to hold waifles or pancakes as the case may be, asurrounding annular rim portion, said rim portion having radially spacedrib-like beads, said beads being upstanding and connected by relativelyshort radial divider ribs, defining a pair of diametrically oppositesector-shaped elongated pockets, and a pair of diametrically oppositeintervening relatively smaller pockets, the inner rib-like bead portionsinvention, what is 3 of the smaller pockets having notches and saidNumber notches communicating with the dished portion 664,314 in themanner and for the purposes described. 1,321,145 ANSTRICE L. WADE.2,124,810 5 2,352,684 REFERENCES CITED The following referenlces are ofrecord in the file of this patent: i UNITED STATES PATENTS 10 23,165Number Name Date 220,144

28,693 Shirley June 12, 1860 4 Name Date Corwin Dec. 18, 1900 Price Nov.11, 1919 Allman July 26, 1938 Braddock July 4, 1944 FOREIGN PATENTSCountry Date Great Britain Feb. 8, 1879 Great Britain Nov. 21, 1899Germany Mar. 16, 1910

